LEEDSTOWN AP 73

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Leedstown Class Transport
    Built 1933 as SANTA LUCIA
    Operated by the Grace Lines
    Acquired by U.S. Navy August 6 1942
    Renamed August 20 1942

  1. USS LEEDSTOWN AP-73
    Commissioned September 24 1942
    SUNK by enemy aircraft November 9 1942, near Cape Matifou, Algiers

    Struck from Naval Register December 7 1942

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 


Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Cuban
Slogan Postmark

Havana Cuba

1933-04-01

No Image

Port Visit during Maiden Voyage as SS SANTA LUCIA


 

US Sea Post
Type 6

1940-10-25

As SS SANTA LUCIA



 

NO LEEDSTOWN POSTMARKS
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM
to
DATE TO

Note:

 

Other Information

LEEDSTOWN was awarded one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, November 6-7 1943) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

Individual Awards...
Purple Heart Medal (crew members wounded or KIA, November 6-7 1943)

NAMESAKE - A city in Westmoreland County, Virginia

 


 

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